Service bulletin D233
A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.
| Type | Service bulletin |
|---|---|
| NHTSA id | 616005 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2001-02-07 |
| Manufacturer's number | D233 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2000-12-08 |
| NHTSA component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES |
NHTSA's summary
SUBJECT REGARDING TRANSMISSION WATER INGRESS THROUGH BREATHER. CONDENSATION FROM AIR CONDITIONING AND WATER FROM A DEEP WADING EVENT CAN FLOW OVER THE TRANSMISSION AND COLLECT ON THE TRANSMISSION BREATHER TUBE ON VEHICLES WITHIN VIN RANGE XA400939 TO 1A452817 AND VEHICLES WITHIN VIN RANGE XA220000 TO 1A299999 AND / OR 1A700000 TO 1A713517. IT CAN THEN MIGRATE UP THE TRANSMISSION TUBE. OVER TIME THESE SMALL WATER DROPLETS CAN CAUSE AN ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CONTAMINATION -- HARSH GEAR CHANGES, POOR GEAR SELECTION, GEAR SLIP OR LOSS OF DRIVE AND INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE PARK LOCK FUNCTION. *TT
The document
No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.
Components
Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission
| LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II | (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it) |
|---|---|
| LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER |
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.